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, we'll get so much increased revenue coming in, that will make up for the cuts in what the federal government givers us. >> governor, how do you think this ends up playing out over the next few days? do you think we'll end up with a deal by december -- or midnight on december 31st? and if you're going to go that far, tell us what kind of deal do you think it would be? a skinny deal, a really skinny deal, or a more comprehensive deal. >> first of all, it's clear from what came out of the meeting, the senate will have to reach an agreement and pass a bill that the house can deal with, starting sunday night. the senate's got to go to work, probably obviously tomorrow and sunday and put something together, a compromise that suits them and suits the president. they have to send it over to the house. the reason it's important, house republicans then have a little bit of cover. because their senators or a significant number of them, have voted for the compromise. it makes it a little easier for them. but guys, be down cast because it will be a really skinny deal that won't mean much. we'll have just
, we'll get so much increased revenue coming in, that will make up for the cuts in what the federal government givers us. >> governor, how do you think this ends up playing out over the next few days? do you think we'll end up with a deal by december -- or midnight on december 31st? and if you're going to go that far, tell us what kind of deal do you think it would be? a skinny deal, a really skinny deal, or a more comprehensive deal. >> first of all, it's clear from what came out...
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you have forest service, 30% of the land is owned by the federal government. so there's a lot of federal dollars that come to montana. that's part of the system. >> what would be the economic impact, going back to what the farmer was telling us about the situation, if estate taxes go up 55%. we're going to see farmers cutting back on the size of their farms, some may even go out of business. what's the economic impact and how can you mitigate that, governor? >> the difficulty here is over the long-term. naturally, sometime during january if we go over the cliff which is more of a hill, these congressmen will come to their senses. they've gone completely crazy and apparently if you vote for something on december tlonl, then it's okay with grover nor quist and if it's after december 31st, it's something else. look, a pledge is one thing, but look right now we've been spending money on a credit card nationally for the last ten years without paying for it. both parties have been doing it. it's time to pay down. spend less and we have to raise more money. >> that's
you have forest service, 30% of the land is owned by the federal government. so there's a lot of federal dollars that come to montana. that's part of the system. >> what would be the economic impact, going back to what the farmer was telling us about the situation, if estate taxes go up 55%. we're going to see farmers cutting back on the size of their farms, some may even go out of business. what's the economic impact and how can you mitigate that, governor? >> the difficulty here...
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government, possibly s&p one more notch. it's not going over the cliff but the government can't come up with a real decision. i do, by the way, think there will be some kind of agreement over the weekend as your previous reporter said. i think it will be a light weight deal. the biggest thing, brian, is we get to do this in another 60 to 90 days with the debt ceiling. we have a lot of problems and issues but we can't seem to agree on much. >> craig, should we go over the fiscal cliff? >> well, brian, it's not an ideal situation. certainly i think if you could have both sides of the aisle rise above, as you guys have said, and come to some kind of a balanced deal, it would be great. given the alternatives right now, it's not that bad of a deal because if you look long term, the government spending has been about 20% of gdp. today that's 25%. revenues have been 18% of gdp. today that's 15.4%. it's both a spending issue and a revenue issue. so at least the cliff resolves the revenue issue. certainly it does it more than we need
government, possibly s&p one more notch. it's not going over the cliff but the government can't come up with a real decision. i do, by the way, think there will be some kind of agreement over the weekend as your previous reporter said. i think it will be a light weight deal. the biggest thing, brian, is we get to do this in another 60 to 90 days with the debt ceiling. we have a lot of problems and issues but we can't seem to agree on much. >> craig, should we go over the fiscal cliff?...
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how is your party going to get out from under that label that they're still the party of big government. >> well, a couple things. first of all, remember that in the aftermath of this election, the president's message has resinated with the american people and the ability of republicans in congress, a more fundamental problem the republicans have in that the party, half of -- most of -- the fight is within the republican party, which makes it very hard for them to get out a message. my point being, as democrats, you almost just have to stand back and let the chaos speak for itself on the republican side. i think that what you'll see from democrats is, you know, you'll continue to hear the language that, you know, everybody's open to having a conversation, a balanced approach and all of that, but again, at the end of the day, i think part of the challenge that the republicans continue to have is there's not one message. not a unified message. and this debacle that we've just saw, you know, last night doesn't do much to instill much confidence that boehner himself can actually drive a mes
how is your party going to get out from under that label that they're still the party of big government. >> well, a couple things. first of all, remember that in the aftermath of this election, the president's message has resinated with the american people and the ability of republicans in congress, a more fundamental problem the republicans have in that the party, half of -- most of -- the fight is within the republican party, which makes it very hard for them to get out a message. my...
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was a tremendous emotional response and the guns were banned and those people who owned them and the government knew where they were because they were all registered were required to hand them in even the target shooting olympic team was not allowed to keep guns in the country and they had to practice and keep their guns abroad, but nonetheless, within the decade of guns being withdrawn from these people gun crime with handguns actually doubled and guns are really are awash on the streets and there's a fair amount of street crime using handguns which there hadn't been much of before, and it's beyond which was something that traditionally they never were. so it hasn't worked and what it has done and it's taken the guns away from the law-abiding people that might have used them to protect themselves or to do something else with legitimately. >> what do you say to people who look at united states and say, wow! random mass murderers -- i heard it today. random mass murders in the united states where some whacko killed a bunch of people he doesn't know seems to happen every six months in the united
was a tremendous emotional response and the guns were banned and those people who owned them and the government knew where they were because they were all registered were required to hand them in even the target shooting olympic team was not allowed to keep guns in the country and they had to practice and keep their guns abroad, but nonetheless, within the decade of guns being withdrawn from these people gun crime with handguns actually doubled and guns are really are awash on the streets and...
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that is not the job of the government. the government's job is to raise taxes and to lower taxes when our economy needs it. that's what the senate does. john breaux, former senator john breaux from louisiana sat on the floor during the 2001 tax bill and said our job is to raise taxes when they need to be raised and lower them when they need to be lowered. that's the senate and the house's job. >> but, one man's -- is another man's -- if you look at the laugher curve you don't know when to raise and when to lower at this point. >> president obama kept bush's taxes in for two years. >> i know. >> but suddenly, you know, democrats like you love the 98%, and you hate the 2%. it's very weird. >> tell him, joe. >> don't hate the 2%. i'm not a self-loathing hater. i don't hate the 2%. >> hey, joe, before we go, you mentioned -- you heard jimmy talking about the decider. that made me think of 4-3. but my heart and mind are with 41 and you worked for him. do you know anything? >> nothing new. we're just keeping him in our prayers.
that is not the job of the government. the government's job is to raise taxes and to lower taxes when our economy needs it. that's what the senate does. john breaux, former senator john breaux from louisiana sat on the floor during the 2001 tax bill and said our job is to raise taxes when they need to be raised and lower them when they need to be lowered. that's the senate and the house's job. >> but, one man's -- is another man's -- if you look at the laugher curve you don't know when to...